Jared Bleznick raised from the button and was called by Konstantin Puchkov in the blinds.
Puchkov took two, while Bleznick took one. Puchkov checked, Bleznick bet, and Puchkov called.
Both players took one on the second draw. Puchkov bet, and Bleznick called.
On the third draw, Puchkov stood pat, and Bleznick took one. Puchkov bet. Bleznick sweated his card, took a moment, then decided to call. Puchkov turned up for a pair of fours. Bleznick turned over a king-low, and that was good enough to take down the pot.
The action was missed pre-draw, but Konstantin Puchkov and James Obst both drew one on the first draw. Puchkov bet out of the small blind, Obst raised, Puchkov re-raised, and Obst called.
On the second draw, Puchkov stood pat, and Obst drew one. Puchkov bet, and Obst called.
On the third draw, both players stood pat, Puchkov checked, and Obst bet enough to put Puchkov all in. Puchkov folded, which left him with only 7,000 chips.
Shortly thereafter, Puchkov was eliminated by Terry Jennings.
Ryan Hughes raised. From the small blind, Brant Hale reraised. Hughes called. Hale took two, while Hughes took one. Hale bet, Hughes raised, and Hale called.
On the second draw, Hale took one, while Hughes stood pat. Hale checked, and Hughes bet. Hale raised, and Hughes called.
This time, Hale stood pat, while Hughes drew one. Hale bet, and Hughes called. Hale showed , but Hughes showed for the better hand and scooped the pot.
Jake Schwartz raised. Terry Jennings made it three bets. Action folded back to Schwartz, who called.
Schwartz took two, and Jennings stood pat. Schwartz checked to Jennings, who bet. Schwartz called.
Schwartz drew one, while Jennings stood pat again.
Schwartz checked. Jennings bet. Schwartz raised. Jennings made it three bets. Schwartz made it four bets. Jennings made it five bets, leaving 1,000 behind. Schwartz called, stood pat, then bet the extra thousand. Jennings called and showed for the nuts. Schwartz showed a five Badugi, but it was no good, and Jennings earned the double up.
Barry Greenstein raised from the cutoff, Chris Bjorin called from the button, Matthew Schreiber re-raised from the small blind, Jeremy Heartberg raised once more from the big blind, and everyone called.
On the first draw, Schreiber and Heartberg both stood pat, and Greenstein and Bjorin both drew one. Schreiber led out, and everyone called.
The action was identical on the second draw.
On the third draw, it was checked to Greenstein, who bet, and only Heartberg called.
Greenstein turned over for a seven badugi and took down the pot to vault into the chip lead.
for a pair of fours. Bleznick turned over a king-low, and that was good enough to take down the pot.
, but Hughes showed 
for the nuts. Schwartz showed a five Badugi, but it was no good, and Jennings earned the double up.
